Whit Johnson Biography And Wiki
Whit Johnson is an Emmy award-winning American journalist who co-anchors the weekend editions of Good Morning America and the Saturday edition of ABC World News Tonight. He started his broadcasting career in 2005 and has worked with several news organizations, including CBS News and KNBC. Whit lives in the New York area with his wife, Andrea Fujii, an ABC News reporter, and their two daughters.
Age
Whit Johnson, born on June 25, 1982, in San Francisco, California, is 42 years old as of 2024.
Height
Whit Johnson is notably tall at 6 feet 2 inches (about 1.88 meters).
Education
Whit Johnson, originally named Stephen Whitney Johnson, was born on June 25, 1982, in San Francisco, California. He graduated from San Rafael High School and earned a B.A. in Television and Radio Broadcasting from San Francisco State University. His stepfather, TV and radio host Dean Edell, significantly influenced his entry into broadcasting.
Family
Whit Johnson was born in San Francisco, California, to Steve Johnson and Sharon Edell. His father, who has Spanish and Native American heritage, was adopted in 1950 in Salt Lake City, and his mother is of Caucasian descent. Whit’s parents divorced in 2013. A 23andMe DNA test revealed that Whit and his father share some Basque Spanish and Native American ancestry, and it also led to the discovery of his father’s biological relatives.
Wife and Children
Johnson is married to Andrea Fujii, a freelance correspondent for ABC News. The couple married on August 11, 2007, in Hawaii. They have two daughters: Leah Fujii Johnson, born on May 15, 2012, and Summer Johnson, born on July 2, 2014.
Career
Whit Johnson started his career in 2005 as a reporter and weekend anchor for KNDO/KNDU-TV in Yakima/Tri-Cities, Washington. He then worked at KSL-TV in Salt Lake City as a reporter and anchor. In 2009, he joined CBS News in Washington, D.C., covering major news stories and interviewing Hillary Clinton. He moved to KNBC in Los Angeles in 2012, where he reported on events like Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign and the Asiana Flight 214 crash. He covered the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and co-hosted coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning an Emmy. He joined ABC News in March 2018, covering events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election. Since February 2021, he has co-anchored the weekend editions of “Good Morning America” and anchors “ABC World News Tonight” on Saturdays.
Salary and Net worth
His average annual salary as a journalist is around $85,900, and his estimated net worth is $1.5 million.
